Hi Joe, I agree with you about the Riv handling-- the ride of the Hunqapillar is just special compared to other bikes I've ridden.
I remembered this blinded tubing comparison from Bruce Gordon's site. "Steel vs Steel: Tange Prestige and Columbus SL" http://www.bgcycles.com/frame-tubing-selection.html Great Heron build, BTW. shoji On Friday, June 20, 2014 11:37:13 AM UTC-4, Hugh Flynn wrote: > > As a Heron Road owner, I can certainly agree with what you've described > below. > > I've never really cared about the tubes or tube specs as I've assumed that > the great ride quality is the result of the geometry and careful tube > selection. Simply picking up the same tubes and making a different bike > with them would probably not generate the same result. It's a complete > package I think. > > Hugh "Happy Herron" Flynn > Newburyport, MA > > > On Jun 20, 2014, at 11:24 AM, Joe Bernard wrote: > > My initial comments about my Heron Road generated a good bit of discussion > about the perceived wonderfulness of a specific tube, which has been > interesting and informative, but possibly misses a salient fact about said > bicycle: I've owned several Grant-designed bikes, and they all have an > hard-to-describe-if-you-haven't-experienced-it ability to float comfortably > down the road; hold a stable line in a turn; yet snap into a different > direction on a whim. I've ridden enough other bikes in 25 years to know > this is not an universal quality in frame design, which is one of the > things that makes Rivendells (and Riv-designed Herons) special. Of course > the tubes chosen for each model/size are part of the equation, but I > suspect the geometries they are placed into make more of a difference in > the ride/handling than the specific properties of the tube themselves. This > would be my guess, at any rate. > > Joe "I can follow the path, I can read the signs. Stay right with it when > the road unwinds" Bernard > Vallejo, CA > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
